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Here's a modest math problem for presidents and student athletes alike: Multiply $100 a month times nine months times the 130,000 Division I men and women who juggle sports and academics. The answer is $117 million, or peanuts compared with what major college sports generate in TV revenue, gate receipts and apparel sales, not to mention the untold bounty from endowments and name recognition so dependent on football and basketball. In fact, $117 million is about what a network would pay to televise the oft-discussed college Super Bowl...
...Kabul's Malali High School for girls, the windows are broken, the desks are cracked, and posters on the wall warn of the dangers of land mines and unexploded bombs. But until last week, 500 girls still managed to study science, history, math and French in those crumbling classrooms despite a 4 1/2-year civil war raging around them. No longer. The war is just about over, and Kabul's new rulers, the Taliban, have firm notions about the peace: it will be piously, even pitilessly, Muslim. In that scheme there's no place for young women learning French...
Banks in particular are willing to deal because credit cards, even those with "low" interest rates, remain the most profitable assets in their portfolios. The math is relatively simple: banks borrow money from the government at 5%; the average card carries a 17.54% annual charge. The difference between the two is called the spread, for obvious reasons. In addition, card issuers typically charge merchants some 2% to 3% of the amount of each purchase that a customer makes. Throw in late fees, or in GE's case early fees, and margins might be enhanced further. "Banks earn more from credit...
...opening ceremonies in order to showcase the new additions to its BELL After School Instituted Curriculum (BASICS) program. BASICS is a community service provided by volunteer and work-study college students who spend three to nine hours per week helping local underprivileged elementary school children master reading and math...
Phalen wanted the committee to focus more on teaching reading and math. When its leaders refused, Phalen approached Ogletree...